Love and Money

The second of three numbered engravings after Goltzius called the Marriage Trilogy. A devil joins the hands of a couple as she blows a stream of coins and smoke, symbolizing the transience of honor and material possessions.

There is much controversy surrounding both the Dürer original and this copy. The original engraving is one of Dürer's earliest; possibly a depiction of Judah and Tamar (Gen. 38: 14-18), or of Berthold Tucher and Anna Pfinzing of Nürnberg. The copy has been attributed to Marcantonio Raimondi (1480–1534).

"Gravé d'apres le tableau original de même grandeur qui se trouve dans la galerie de S.E.M. le Comte de Brühl, Premier ministre de sa Majesté le Roi de Pologne, Electeur de Saxe." A woman is tempted by an old man who tries to seduce her with money.